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Cordelia Ward 1730–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 18 Apr 1804

Death Location: Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States

Father: Joseph Sr

Mother: Martha Stewart

Spouse(s): Nathaniel Tester

Children(s): Samuel (1)

Cordelia Ward was born in 1730 in Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, the child of Joseph Hatcher Ward Sr And Martha Sarah Stewart. Cordelia Ward married Nathaniel Tester, and had children including Samuel Tester 1. Cordelia Ward passed away in 1804 in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Cordelia Ward was born in 1730 in Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, the child of Joseph Hatcher Ward Sr And Martha Sarah Stewart.
  • Cordelia Ward married Nathaniel Tester, and had children including Samuel Tester 1.
  • Cordelia Ward passed away in 1804 in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Sr
1689–1741
Birth Location: Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA
JS
Martha Stewart
1702–1762
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, United States
MS

Spouses(s)

Nathaniel Tester
1730–1821
Birth Location: Dunbartonshire, Scotland
NT

Children(s)

Samuel (1)
1774–1821
Birth Location: –
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Cordelia Ward's Ancestors

Self
Cordelia Ward
1730–1804
Birth Place: Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Joseph Hatcher Ward Sr
1689–1741
Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Martha (Sarah) Stewart
1702–1762
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Seth (Ward (Sea Captain Of” The Sheffield”) )
1661–1707
Sheffield Plantation, Varina Parish, Henrico, Virginia, United States
(Mary?) (Anne) Hatcher
1664–1734
Sheffield, Henrico, Virginia, USA
*John Stewart
1663–1714
, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Michal Ballow
1687–1719
Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry Sr
1637–1677
Anne LOUND**
1638–1708
John Steward
1634–1706
Dorothy name
1645–1714
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Marian Newporte
1611–1646
Georgÿ Steward
1591–1636

Cordelia Ward's Descendants

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Cordelia Ward (1730–18 Apr 1804) m. Nathaniel Tester (1730–1821)
  1. 1. Samuel (TESTER) (1) 1774–1821
    1. 1. Samuel Teaster 1795–1840 m. Mary Foster 1798–1880
      1. 1. Robin Tester 1813–1889
        1. 1. Elizabeth (J) Teaster 1851–1936 m. Calvin Hicks 1858–
      2. 2. Ellen Teaster 1817–
      3. 3. Jennie Teaster 1815–1860
      4. 4. John Teaster 1818–
      5. 5. Mary (Polly) Teaster –1845
      6. 6. Ransom Teaster 1818–1864

Cordelia Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1730
1730
Birth of Cordelia Ward in Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1804
18 Apr 1804
Age 74
Death of Cordelia Ward in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Cove Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Apr 1804
    Event Place: Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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